Coupon book



Dec. 12, 1939.

A. s. KALlNowsKl 2,183,241

COUPON BOOK Filed Aug. 4, 1937 Ik@ ,figg Z Patented Dec.' 12, 1939 u .I C Y.

i yooUPoN Book .l Anthony S. lUKalinowski, Chicago, Ill., assigner to Rana McNally 1Iliinois y.

& Company,A a corporationvvofj f 'Appia-ation August 4,1937, seran No'. '151,396 t A rolaim. (ol. 2837-62,).

another feature of *thist invention isA thatthe z stripper member usedto tearoff a.portion' of thecoupon ymay havel the coupon mora readily inserted under it; yet another yfeature of ythis inventionv is y'that it is so arranged that Aa' scale on the cover accurately determines the amount of coupon vto vbe torn off; still another feature 1B is that the stripper memberis sofastened to the book as to present no `exposed corners; other Y featuresw'a-nd advantages vof this invention will l beapparentfrorn'the following specification and the drawing, in. which? v210' Figurenl `,is a plan View of Aone side ofacoupon book embodying this invention; Fig. 2 is; a similar Viewof ,i the other `side of the book; Fig. 3 is a view-of the book in open position, part yof Ithe continuousstripcoupon' being broken away n' to .'25 show ticket;v coupons-V'-therebeneathali'igffiI is a Ifragmentary plan view-of the ,coverl withthe coupon strip removed from y'beneath the.' stripper memben" Fig.5fis 'a fragmentary detailed View .of the attachment ofthe stripper memberg and F Fig. 6 is a perspective View of thestripper memf `loer lpriorto its 'being attachedlto the book.

yCoupon books have been lknown which employ long continuous' strip coupons, and which use a stripper member anda cooperating scale to de-v 3 termine'the amount of ycoupon to' be torn oi Such'bookshave been open to several objections,

difficulties' in precise measurement of the amount iof coupon to be torn olf, sinceafter some use the junction may eitherv stretch,y compress, fall in double folds, or otherwise change the relative distance between thegraduations von the scale and the upper or tearing edge, of -the'stripper member. y. lI Ihe present invention obviates these .and

posed between the stripper member and ay large portion of the measuring scale; i This causes i rotherdefects byplacing the'stripper member on ther sameportion of th'e book `on Whichthe scale isA located, vthe oover, soy that nothing short of actual destruction ofthe Icover* will throw the rdistances outv of `their correct relation. The stripper member, moreover, is only fastened to the lcoverfat'c'zne. end, and is preferablyformed of resilient' metal-i so 'that thexother end vmay be easily lifted to slide thecoupon strip in from one side. The strippen is also attached lto the' book' in a manner, which prevents sharp corners )being or handsY of the usen. .i i i l Inthe particularLembod-imen't'of this invention present, which might beli'kely to out the 'pockets illustrated herewith afcoupon booky iii is. illusn Fig. 2, `for insertion in the" pocket orpthe like. Thebaok Hof thefbook has attached 'to-it on 'the inside thereof ticket `coupons IIii-here illustrated as a' plurality `ofxone cent coupons..- .While there' may be 'several pages of `such coupons, they are all bound' to the -back of the-book at one end, ,25 ...preferably thatl next` the creased orfolded por]- tionl.; i .i ,Y Lying over .these ticketacouponsis a longcon tinuouscouponstrip i5, whichvv is several times the'l'engthgof the back Vportion of v'the:book, and

is ,preferablyattached y.thereto 4at one. jend. VThis coupon I5 is'adapted to be foldedback andforth upon itself vin order to be rcontained within the book, and is here shown asa coupon divided into .l 'five cent portions, the .strip being of sufcient length to have a value roften dollars. It will be noted that' the` coupon strip is numbered with n respect tovalue on each sidev thereof, these numf `bers running inxopposite directions. That is,

4referring 'to Figure 3, thevnumberings on the leftv o y l continuously decrease'from ten dollars to the end of thestrip fastened ytio the book, not'4 here shown; while Athe numberings on the right hand side increase in-similarstepsof five Acents each.

The cover I2 has mounted thereon a stripper member; I6 here shown a's arrelatively long thinl punched up to form a third prong I9. The

corners forming the prongsl'l and I8 are bent at A JplroXimately` an angle of 45 degrees with each of the vsides formingva corner as, may be clearly; `seen from Figures 5, and 6. I The stripper mein-v ber is attached to the cover 2 at one end thereof by placing the bent back portion on the outside of the cover, forcing the prongs I'I, i8 and I9 through the cover material, generally of cardboard, and bending them down on the inside as illustrated in Figure 5. The stripper member is preferably attached so that it lies parallel to the folds I3, which is Athe junction of the back II and cover I2, and fairly close thereto. I t is also preferably fastened on the lefthand edge, speaking with respect to Figures 3 or 4.

The cover I2 is also provided with a scale 20,

here shown on the lefthand margin` of the inside thereof. This scale should have its point of origin at the upper or tearing" edge of the stripper member I3, and should be'graduated'to correspond to the long coupon` strip used. In the present case, as may be-seen frcm'Figure a, it is graduated in five cent intervals 4,up to one dollar. The outside of the back and cover also .have a scale printed thereon. Consideration of Figures 1 and 2 will show that this starts at the upper or free end of the cover, and continues to the free end of the back of the book.

The book is particularly adapted for use as a railroad or gasoline station coupon bock,` for example, and may be very conveniently used. Where it is desired to remove a portion of the coupon strip I5, as forvexample a portion repof one hand, and the portion of the coupon strip 'thereabove would be torn 01T along its upper edge.

The coupon strip would then .be withdrawn from beneath the stripper, allowed to drop Jback into lits folds, and then become closed. Where the amount desiredended in odd cents, one or more of the ticket coupons representing one cent each could be torn off to supplement `the portion of the coupon strip I5'.

The fact that the coupon `strip is withdrawn from beneath the stripper` member and allowed to fall back into its regular creases or folds permits the book to be closed without any bulging or disarrangement of the coupon strip. Placing of the stripper memberv on the same portion of the book as the measuring scale of twenty, here the cover, results iny elimination of any errors which might otherwise be introduced by the folded or creased portion I3 serving to join the back to the cover. The particular arrangement of the stripper member, moreoven'in addition to providing very easy placement of the coupon strip thereunder, so fastens it to the book that no free corners are left to catch in the pockets or hands of the user. Y' i If it is desired to tear off a larger amount of the coupon strip than is shown on the scale 20 on the inside of thecover, either of two courses may be followed. The nrst or preferable course is to pull up the strip to the last scale mark on the inside of the cover, here $1.00, tear that amount off, and then pull up as much more as is necessary. If it is desired to tear it off in one portion, however, the strip may be pulled right on up past the top or free end of the cover I2, and down the back thereof until its end registers with the scale mark desired, as for-example, $1.75. The desired portion would then be torn o, using the free or upper end of the cover I2 as a tearing edge.

While I have shown andfclescribed certain embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that it is capable of many modications. Changes, therefore, in the construction and arrangement may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as disclosed in the appendedv claim, in which it is my inten-` tion to claim all novelty inherent in my invention as broadly as permissible, in view of the prior art.

I claim:

A book comprising hingedly connected back and front covers, a strip guiding and tearing bar, saidkbar immovably located on the inner face of the front cover adjacent the hinge line and extending transversely of said front cover, andan elongated strip secured to the back cover adjacent 

